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README.md

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-spring-ws-samples
-=================
+# Spring Web Services Samples
+
+[Spring Web Services] is a product of the Spring community focused on creating
+document-driven, contract-first Web services. This repository contains sample
+projects illustrating usage of Spring Web Services.
+
+## Sample Applications
+
+The following sample applications demonstrate the capabilities of [Spring Web
+Services]. See the README within each sample project for more information and
+additional instructions.
+
+- [echo](./echo) - a simple sample that shows a bare-bones Echo service
+- [tutorial](./tutorial) - contains the code from the Spring-WS tutorial
+
+## Running the Server
+
+Most of the sample apps can be built and run using the following commands from
+within the sample's folder.
+
+	```sh
+	$ ./gradlew tomcatRun
+	```
+
+Or alternatively, run the following to create war archive which can be deployed
+in any Web Container.
+
+	```sh
+	$ ./gradlew war
+	```
+
+## Running the Client(s)
+
+Most of the sample apps have a separate ``client`` directory containing clients
+that connect to the server. You can run these clients by using the following
+command from within each of client subdirectories:
+
+	```sh
+	$ gradle runClient
+	```
+
+## License
+
+[Spring Web Services] is released under version 2.0 of the [Apache License].
+
+[Spring Web Services]: http://projects.spring.io/spring-ws
+[Apache License]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0